Directory holder



April 3, 1934. H. G. BUCHAN DIRECTORY HOLDER Original Filed June 18, 1930 Patented Apr. 3, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Appiication June 18, 1930, Serial No. 461,928 Renewed July 17, 1933 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a telephone directory holder in which the directory can be readily inserted against removal by any unauthorized person, and which will preserve the directory against wear and mutflation.

It is customary to suspend directories, such as telephone directories, from a wall or the like for ready reference. When used in such manner, they become mutilated and torn and loose at the bound edges. In order to overcome this objection, I have devised a holder having a channel or groove for receiving the bound back portion of the directory for retaining the same from becoming loose or breaking apart when opened and giving proper support to the directory when suspended from a wall or the like.

The invention comprises the novel structure and combination of parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred form of this invention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the different views:

Figure l is an elevational view of a directory holder involving this invention and shown as suspended by a chain.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantially upon the line II-II of Figure 4.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the directory holder showing portions of the directory in connection therewith.

Figure 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken substantially upon the line IV--IV of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is an enlarged broken and fragmentary plan view of the directory holder, looking in the interior thereof.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary end elevational View of a modified form of the invention.

As shown on the drawing:

The directory holder involving this invention consists of a main portion 1 which may be made of wood or any other suitable metals and which may be made to hold a single directory as shown in Figures 1 to 5, or may be made to hold a plurality as shown in Figure 6. The holder 1 is provided with a channel or groove for receiving the rear bound edge of the directory 13 which is shown mounted in a binder or cover 12. In Figure 6, the holder la is provided with a plurality of channels or grooves to receive a plurality of directories which are shown mounted therein without covers or binders. In connection with Figure 6,

it will be noted that the bound backs of the directories fit snugly into the channels whereby the bound portions of the directory leaves are firmly held and retained for preserving the bound portion from becoming loose or spreading. It will be noted that the walls 19 of these channels are of such a height that when the directories therein are opened, the parts flex over the walls which firmly hold the bound edges together against spreading or breaking apart. The holder 1 is provided with a keeper 2. This keeper 2 is permanently secured to the back and extends transversely across the same and is provided with a transverse groove or slot 3 for a purpose that will later appear. At the other end of the holder 1 there is a keeper 4, which is removably attached by means of a screw 6. This screw 6 is provided with a rotatable cap 7 thereon. The cap '7 and the head of the screw are provided with key slots 8 and 9 for receiving a suitable key for turning the screw. The keeper 4 is also provided with a slot 3 and the slot 3 has a downwardly extending portion terminating in an enlargement 5 as shown in Figure 3 for a purpose that will later appear. A pair of rods 10 having spherical heads 11 are confined in the slots of the keepers 2 for retaining the directory within the holder.

When the holder containing the directory is suspended as shown in Figure l, and is put to use, there. is always a tendency for the wires 10 to cut through the bound back portion of the directory at the upper portion thereof due to the pulling strain upon the said wires. In order to overcome this objection, a stiff wire pin or rod 18 (Figure 2) is inserted through the back portion of the directory adjacent the upper edge thereof against which the rods 10 are adapted to bear to prevent their cutting through the back of the directory.

In order to assemble the binder 12 and telephone directory 13 in connection with the back 1, the keeper 4 must be removed from the end of the back as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4. The keeper 4 is preferably provided with suitable spaced apertures for receiving studs 16 upon the end of the back 1, in order that the same may be properly positioned and secured against turning movement upon the screw 6. The enlargement 5 in the keepers are of such a size that the heads 11 of the rods 10 may freely pass therethrough with the result that when the keeper 4 is removed, it may be disengaged from the rods 10 which may be shifted lengthwise and elevated in order that a binder l2 and telephone directory may be placed in proper position; the

two rods may then be inserted in the keeper 4 and the same screwed into position for maintaining the binder and directory therein in proper relation with the back 1. A suitable eyelet 14 may be secured to the back of the holder for receiving a chain 15, whereby the directory holder may be suspended from a suitable support, as shown in Figure 1. v

In the modified form shown in Figure 6, slotted ears 17 are secured in the ends of the channels or grooves in the holder 1a. These ears may be formed on an integral plate or may be separately formed. In the modified form, the rods 10a that secure the directories in the channel may be made sufiiciently flexible so that they can'be removed by flexing, if desired. g

It will be appreciated that this directory holder securely holds the directory and maintains the bound back portion from becoming distorted or from becoming loose or spreading and preserves the same when in use.

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I,

therefore, do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A book holder adapted for suspension comprising a member having a channel shaped recess adapted to receive the back portion of the book, a wire rod adapted for insertion between the leaves of the book anchored to the ends of said member, and a transverse rod adapted for insertion through said book below said wire rod, for preventing the latter from cutting through the back of the book when said holder is suspended.

2, A directory holder adapted for suspension comprising a member having a channel shaped recess adapted for receiving the back portion of the directory, keepers upon said member, Wire rods adapted for insertion between the leaves of' the directory retained by said keepers, and a transverse rod adapted for insertion through said 

